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Blank value condition in general journal line workflow

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Hi,

How do apply blank value condition in general journal line workflow ?

I would like to have an approval workflow for all vendor payments that is not against any reference. That is if payment is against invoice, lines will get posted or else will go for approval.

Tried applying '' in applies to id field but didn't work.

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Ramesh Kumar 7,561 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

You will need to customize the process. I don't believe we have a standard process in place for Business Central. However, you can use Power Automate to trigger an approval workflow if the field is empty or not marked as true for approval.

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Valentin Castravet 32,693 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Blank conditions work in approval workflows, I used it before and I tried it a general journal line workflow with the following condition and it worked:

If it's not working for you post a screenshot of your workflow.

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YUN ZHU 101,250 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Did you add a space? A filter of 2 single quotes will filter to only value where the field is blank. This also works in standard filtering and AL code.

For example,

Hope this helps.

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Jainam M. Kothari 16,553 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

You can Enable, General Journal Line Approval Workflow, with the Following Filters like

Account Type : Vendor

Document Type : Payment

Then Response : Will Approve by Direct Approver

Then May be your issue will be resolved.

Customization :
You need to Add 1 Filed called "Status" which will manage (Open, Pending Approval, Approved, Rejected, Cancelled) and the Workflow will work Properly.

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Khushbu Rajvi. 22,444 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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hope this helps:https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=2d8b1a13-e09e-457d-88f5-012df31b82d0

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Suresh Kulla 50,278 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You should be using Applies-to Doc no. for the filter as below, try like below

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